It started off as a joke.

During the dog days of summer, Levi Jordan had a stretch of games for Louisville, the Reds' Triple-A affiliate, in which he played across the diamond. Second base and shortstop in the same game twice. Back to starting at short. Second base, shifting to left field.

The Reds farmhand turned to his manager, Pat Kelly, and said in jest that it would be fun to play all nine positions in a game, and they laughed about it.

Two months later, with a day of warning, that bit became a reality when Jordan played all nine positions in the Bats' regular-season finale, an 11-4 loss to Nashville at Louisville Slugger Field that became one of the most memorable games of his eight-year pro career.

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